Attachment for drags



E. BORGESSON.

ATTACHMENT FOR DRAGS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. II, 1919. 1,329,953. Patented Feb. 3,1920.

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ATTACHMENT FOR, DRAGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb, 3, 1920.

Application filed February 11, 1919. Serial No. 276,217.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EMIL Bonensson, a citizenof the United States of America, residing at VVashta, in the county ofCherokee and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements inAttaghments for Drags, of which the following is a speclfication.

The object of the invention is to provide a knife attachment for tootheddrags, so that when the ground is loosened by the drags, the knife maybreak up the ground and cut weeds and the like that may be encountered.The knife or knives, if more than one are used, are detachable and maybe regulated to stand either high or low with reference to the teeth ofthe drag. Thus the depth to which they, the knives, penetrate the groundmay be regulated.

The invention is shown and described in a specific embodiment to which,however, it is not to be restricted. The right is reserved to make suchchanges or alterations as the actual reduction to practice may suggest,in

so far as such changes or alterations are com" patible in spirit withthe annexed claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a top plan view of a dragshowing the invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. l.

Fig. at is a perspective view of the knife comprising the invention.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown 5 on the edge opposite thecutting edge, the

ends of the knife having the flange portions 6 which connect with theflange 5 and taper in thickness toward the edge eat which theyterminatef The body portion 3 is formed with a plurality of holes 7through which teeth 2 pass and the flange 5 and the body portion isdrilled opposite certain of these holes in order that said screwsS maybe employed for seating against certain of the teeth 2 to secure theknife to the teeth when the latter are inserted through the holes 7.

It will be observed that the knife can be raised and lowered on theteeth so that its penetration in the ground may thus be regulated and itmay be readily detached from the teeth when it is desired to sharpensame or effect repairs thereon.

It may be further convenient to use a knife on the teeth carried by eachbeam or to use only a single knife both plans being contemplated by theinvention.

From the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings, it isbelieved that a clear enough understanding of the invention is to be hadto render further descrip- I tion unnecessary.

The invention having been described, what is claimed as new and usefulis:

' 1. The combination with a drag having cross beams and teeth dependingtherefrom, of a knife formed with a plurality of perforations throughwhich the teeth pass, and means for securing the knife on the teethwhereby it may be raised or lowered relative thereto. 2. The combinationwith a drag having cross beams and teeth depending therefrom, of a.knife formed with a plurality of per forations through each one of whichone of the teeth passes, the knife being formed with a cutting edge anda flange portion opposite the cutting edge, the flange portion andthe-knife being drilled and tapped opposite certain perforations, andset screws carried in the drill holes and bearing upon the teeth in themanner and for the useful purpose specified.

p In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

EMIL BORGESSON.

